Saturday 26 June 1909

It was Saturday, under the sign of Cancer. The US president was William Howard Taft (Republican).
Salome Mad, directed by Theo Bouwmeester, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1909
But much more happened that day: find out below..

Clara Carvallo Wallstein: Better known as Cota Carvallo (or Carvallo Carlota Nuñez by her husband, Stuart Nunez, writer, literary critic and historian), She was one of the first women painters of Peru. In addition to teaching, and journalism, her work as an artist has won numerous awards as a poet, songwriter, playwright and prolific writer of children's literature, being very close friend of César Moro and Adam Martin.

Jean Bertholle: French painter, of the new Paris School, and later representative of Sacred Art. He died on 6 December 1996.

Helmut Dörner: German nazi military, waffen ss., responsible for numerous war crimes against Greek civilians in 1944. He was killed on 11 February 1945 in Budapest.

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Elinor Macartney Lane (1864 – March 15, 1909) was an American novelist who was popular in the first decade of the 1900s. After publishing a number of short stories, she wrote three novels: Mills of God (1901),[2] Nancy Stair (1904),[3] ...

The Man in Lower Ten is the first book ever written by Mary Roberts Rinehart, arguably the greatest American mystery writer of her generation. Vividly imagined, it combines adventure, suspense, horror, and mystery at breakneck speed.

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine is a 1908 romance novel/western novel written by John Fox, Jr.. The novel became Fox's most successful, and was included among the top ten list of bestselling novels for 1908 and 1909.